New Item Setup Assistance

The National Supplier Development team offers webinar sessions for assistance and training on the new supplier and new item packet and required forms. To schedule training, choose a topic from the list below and contact Julie Roper at jroper@unfi.com.

Training topics:

New Supplier Information Form and Documentation Required

New Item Form – all tabs

Supplier Product Certificates and Attachments Required

The National Supplier Development team is always available to answer specific questions or offer assistance when you are in the process of completing paperwork – just email jroper@unfi.com.

The team is focused on efficient, accurate and timely set up of your approved new items. We need your support of the new item process by providing all the necessary information. The information and documents requested in the new item packet are needed to insure your item is correctly added to our systems. Key information includes:

Product Label – The label must be submitted in original Adobe PDF format in flat form so all sides may be viewed. The product label is used by UNFI to verify data for our systems, including:

Supplier price list – A complete supplier price list showing cost information for all supplier warehouse locations. Remember this price list will be used by UNFI nationally - please provide a pricelist that we can use for all of our warehouse locations.

The price list should include:

fob cost

delivered price if available

bracket costs for volume purchases offered

Supplier specification sheet – A complete listing of all product specifications is very important for the correct set up of your item in the UNFI system and published to our customers. The specification sheet should include: